This session will discuss the evolution of the Tirpitz Museum and a behind the scenes view of the project. Tirpitz is a 2,800m2 “invisible museum” which opened in 2017 on Denmark’s West Coast and integrates four independent institutions: a WWII bunker museum; an amber museum; a local history museum; and a gallery for special exhibitions. The existing bunker, a relic of WWII, sits in a nature preserve that prohibits construction, however an opportunity arose to build into an artificial dune, created during wartime to transport guns to the bunker. A full transformation of this historic site, Tirpitz becomes a sanctuary in the sand and acts as a gentle counterbalance to the dramatic history of the surroundings. Hosted by the Museum’s Director and BIG Architects who designed the project, the session will shed light on the ambition, evolution, design process, and success of the museum which received more than 100,000 visitors in the first two months of opening, exceeding the museum’s visitor target for the entire first year.
